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PRUETT, Henry Edison - Date of
birth
13 June 1922 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama -
Hometown
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34580277 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
710th Bombardment Squadron,
447th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 March 1944 - Place of
death
Wesermünde-Bremerhaven, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Frank M. Pruett (father)
Gertude E. (Brown) Pruett (mother)
Susie J. Pruett (sister)
Katie G. Pruett (sister)
Herbert E. Pruett (brother)
Carl Pruett (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31112 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Paper Doll
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial areas
MACR: 2887
More information
S/Sgt Henry E. Pruett was a carpenter.He enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 16 November 1942.
The mission of the day was to bomb industrial areas in Berlin. Due to deteriorating weather and dense contrails, the formations had to abort the mission. They turned back for home and crossed another formation. The airplane collided head-on with airplane 42-38075 and crashed with the loss of all on board both planes.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Eddie Dubiel, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.wwiimemorial.com - MACR, The Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama),
Photo source: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, The Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama), Eddie Dubiel